Amina Dawd, 36, strokes one of her resting children's hair as two of her other children sleep under the protective bednets. The children sleeping without the net will still gain some protection from ...

Groundbreaking advances in medicine have made many of the world’s worst diseases preventable. On May 14th, 1796, the English physician Edward Jenner carefully infected eight-year-old James Phipps with ...

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When Elliott Hill replaced John Donahoe as the CEO of Nike just over a year ago, the brand doubled down on its commitment to athletes and innovation. While such a shift takes time to fully materialize ...

A new “innovation district” seeking to promote public-private partnerships has launched in Crystal City, Pentagon City and Potomac Yard. The National Innovation Quarter, or “National IQ,” promises “to ...